A quasi-experimental evaluation of an interpersonal communication intervention to increase insecticide-treated net use among children in Zambia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Keating, Joseph ^a   Hutchinson, Paul ^a   Miller, John M ^b   Bennett, Adam ^a   Larsen, David A ^a   Hamainza, Busiku ^c   Changufu, Cynthia ^d   Shiliya, Nicholas ^d   Eisele, Thomas P ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chainama Hospital College Grounds   (Zambia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^d Society for Family Health   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Community health worker (CHW); Evaluation; Insecticide treated net (ITN); Interpersonal communication campaign (IPC); Malaria; Zambia

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ZAMBIA;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84865810872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-313     Document Type: Article

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